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Hong Kong

On 1 July 1997, based on an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China. In this agreement, China promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, Hong Kong would enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years.

From a product regulatory perspective, Hong Kong operates a separate certification regime with separate technical standards, with no provisions such as mutual recognition with China.



  • Population: 7,055,071 (2009 est.)
  • Telephone main lines: 4.108 million (2008)
  • Mobile telephone subscribers: 11.374 million (2008)
  • Internet hosts: 813,980 (2009)
  • Internet users: 4.124 million (2008)
  • Digital leased line interface type: E1
CIA World Factbook
Telecommunications equipment is communications or networking equipment with interface(s) to public network or wide area network (WAN) services. Common telecom network interfaces include T1/E1, ISDN BRI, ISDN PRI, ADSL, serial and analogue PSTN.

Compliance International can help you understand how the following approval requirements apply to your telecom equipment products:

At this time there is no approval required for this type of product. However, regulations and requirements do change, so please contact us to confirm.
Wireless and radio equipment covers any device with a radio transmitter. This includes mobile (GSM or CDMA) handsets, wireless LAN (WLAN) equipment such as Wi-Fi devices, Bluetooth devices, Zigbee devices, WiMAX devices, RFID equipment, contactless card readers, and a whole host of other products that incorporate some kind of RF transmitter.

Compliance International can help you understand how the following approval requirements apply to your wireless and radio equipment products:

At this time there is no approval required for this type of product. However, regulations and requirements do change, so please contact us to confirm.
Non-telecom ITE is any information technology equipment -- essentially any device with a microprocessor -- that has no telecommunications or radio interface. This includes products such as computer printers and monitors, as well as many types of local area network (LAN) equipment.

Compliance International can help you understand how the following approval requirements apply to your ITE products:

At this time there is no approval required for this type of product. However, regulations and requirements do change, so please contact us to confirm.
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